diff --git a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/config/init/purge_recyclebin.ext b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/config/init/purge_recyclebin.ext
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..a2b173c1c029f1c7d7ba1160908bab27c0954922
--- /dev/null
+++ b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/config/init/purge_recyclebin.ext
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+select * from user_ts_quotas;
+SELECT * FROM RECYCLEBIN;
+SELECT * FROM USER_RECYCLEBIN;
+purge recyclebin;
+quit;
diff --git a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/init.sh b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/init.sh
index b184d4b99b054fb48aba942b951c5bd5a076c4da..12f40620a98b18768cbf2fd98aac7b639bc0c615 100755
--- a/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/init.sh
+++ b/continuousintegration/docker/ctafrontend/cc7/opt/run/bin/init.sh
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@
 
 . /opt/run/bin/init_pod.sh
 
+# oracle sqlplus client binary path
+ORACLE_SQLPLUS="/usr/bin/sqlplus64"
+
 # enable cta repository from previously built artifacts
 yum-config-manager --enable cta-artifacts
 yum-config-manager --enable ceph
 
 # install needed packages
-yum -y install cta-objectstore-tools cta-doc mt-st mtx lsscsi sg3_utils cta-catalogueutils ceph-common
+yum -y install cta-objectstore-tools cta-doc mt-st mtx lsscsi sg3_utils cta-catalogueutils ceph-common oracle-instantclient-sqlplus
 yum clean packages
 
 echo "Using this configuration for library:"
@@ -54,6 +57,10 @@ if [ "$KEEP_DATABASE" == "0" ]; then
     cta-catalogue-schema-create /etc/cta/cta_catalogue_db.conf
     chmod -R 777 $(dirname $(echo ${DATABASEURL} | cut -d: -f2)) # needed?
   else
+    # Oracle DB
+    echo "Purging Oracle recycle bin"
+    test -f ${ORACLE_SQLPLUS} || echo "ERROR: ORACLE SQLPLUS client is not present, cannot purge recycle bin: ${ORACLE_SQLPLUS}"
+    LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$(readlink ${ORACLE_SQLPLUS} | sed -e 's;/bin/[^/]\+;/lib;') ${ORACLE_SQLPLUS} $(echo $DATABASEURL | sed -e 's/oracle://') @/opt/ci/init/purge_recyclebin.ext
     cta-catalogue-schema-create /etc/cta/cta_catalogue_db.conf
   fi
 else